Intro Ibm server & aix

what I know about the POWER of blue

agenda

  1. Server
  2. OS AIX

history

2 product lines:
    - OS/400, later i5/OS, more later IBM i
    - AIX (on the same hardware, run Linux as well)

I. 1986-1990 (AS/400 - IBM RT)
II. 1990-1999 (RS/6000)
III. 2000-2004 (eServer pseries)
V. 2008-Now (Power Systems)
    - POWER7 microprocessor and AIX 7.1

Server


  • Firmware
  • LED screen (System reference codes)
  • HMC   PowerVM 

on rack



light path ops panel


770 system board


more: http://tech.hexun.com/2010-03-21/123058900.html

hmc


AIX OS

AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive)

  • SMIT (System Management Interface Tool)
  • ODM  (Object Data Manager)
  • Storage: Disks, LVM  & Filesystems
  • HACMP (High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing)

smit

text-mode version of SMIT 
                                   System Management

Move cursor to desired item and press Enter.

  Software Installation and Maintenance
  Software License Management
  Devices
  System Storage Management (Physical & Logical Storage)
  Security & Users
  Communications Applications and Services
  Print Spooling
  Problem Determination
  Performance & Resource Scheduling
  System Environments
  Processes & Subsystems
  Applications
  Installation Assistant
  Using SMIT (information only)
            
F1=Help             F2=Refresh          F3=Cancel           F8=Image
F9=Shell            F10=Exit            Enter=Do  
                      

smit


smit


odm


Disks, LVM, & Filesystems


VG <- PV

FS <- LV <- LP <- PP


lsvg

root@bb_lpar: / # lsvg -p bbvg
bbvg:
PV_NAME  PV STATE  TOTAL PPs   FREE PPs    FREE DISTRIBUTION
hdisk2            active            511         2           02..00..00..00..00
hdisk3            active            511         23          00..00..00..00..23
hdisk4            active            1023        0           00..00..00..00..00

Powerha - hacmp


links


https://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-18051

http://aix4admins.blogspot.sg/


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